Winning 31 games, he didn't walk many, but his Girl From Ipanema goes walking!

I am a friend of Denny's and know he appreciates good wishes from all those who remember. him.

@Pedrow61

Жыл бұрын

Why has there not been a movie about his remarkable life? It could be amazing!

@MrDodger3222

6 ай бұрын

I met Denny a little over a month ago at a card show in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was pretty personable and his autograph was very affordable. He signed a photo with a bunch of inscriptions for $50. He posed for some photos with me too. I would love to meet him again at a future show.

@newsreach

4 ай бұрын

@@Pedrow61 Yes. Amazing. Do you think that they would tell everything?

Not bad for a guy who won 31 games and had celebrated a World Series championship 3 days prior.

I’m here cuz I just saw the Ed Sullivan show this was on, and Ed announced Bob Gibson coming out to play also. He came out and set next to Denny to also play a number.. I was absolutely blown away… both MVPs & Cy Young award winners for 1968, the World Series winners and losers on the stage together just days after it was over… Also Babe Ruth’s widow was in the crowd and Ed ask her to stand up and take a bow…. Ed was way ahead of his time.. (The Beach Boys, Muppets, Pearl Bailey & Richard Pryor were also on the show)

@mikecloud9828

Жыл бұрын

I saw it too! I was pleased to find it here.

He could fly a plane, pitch, play the organ. Amazing

At the time of this performance, this guy had it all: great athlete - the last pitcher to win 30 games in pro baseball; a musician; a pilot who flew his own private plane; husband of his childhood sweetheart, and handsome.

Ultra-lounge at its finest. Stellar performance!

@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV.

Жыл бұрын

totally...would be great at some 3rd rate lounge in Las Vegas....would totally pay to sit there and drink and listen to him...

@mikelord9860

Жыл бұрын

@@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV. Actually he did do a stint in Vegas.

@MrDave54321

Жыл бұрын

LOL!

If what I just read is correct Denny had an endorsement deal with the Hammond Organ Company. Not bad for a baseball player.

@mikelord9860

Жыл бұрын

This brings to mind when every shopping mall had an organ and piano showroom - either Hammond or Lowrey - you could hear organ music as you approached the store, then you'd find it empty except for the lone salesman playing the console. Kinda depressing in a way...

AWESOME! Thanks so much for posting this! I have this song on the vinyl record album of “Denny McLain At The Organ”

How could you not drink listening to this?

I love that song

Excellent, and mastering the Hammond B3 organ is no small feat.

A couple years ago a fellow baseball fan said he recalled seeing McClain on a TV show where he "played a couple of songs" and for all I knew, he meant on guitar or ukulele...

The last man to win 31 games in a season

@richbrake9910

Жыл бұрын

30 also

This is now considered ultra-cool. With a crystal ash tray on the organ with a pack of Chesterfields and a zippo. Cool daddy-o

@michaelcap9550

2 жыл бұрын

Today, the PC police would be all over that.

@mikelord9860

Жыл бұрын

AND a double scotch!

0:45 , that look you give when your Bass Player is lost in another galaxy ..

@ambulet

2 жыл бұрын

probably stoned. local session musician probably

@StratocastRS

2 жыл бұрын

Serious what is going on with that bass player lol

@daveflanigan9720

Жыл бұрын

I think he was in the wrong key.

Whoa, this is a precious cultural time capsule and, in its slightly demented way, a pretty amazing performance as well. And--oh yeah, he was a Major League pitcher!

@bobwallace9814

2 жыл бұрын

He's wearing the ring as proof.

@schneegeist

2 жыл бұрын

31W-6L Cy Young winner 1968

@talesoftheinlandseas5063

2 жыл бұрын

yes, very possibly the greatest pitcher of all time

@mikelord9860

Жыл бұрын

@@talesoftheinlandseas5063 ...eh, you're pushin' it a little...

@talesoftheinlandseas5063

Жыл бұрын

@@mikelord9860 at the time I posted this comment I was totally enamored with McLain, but now I see that yeah, hes not the best. Up there, but not at the top. When you put him next to people like Bob Gibson and even fellow tigers like Justin Verlander and Jack Morris, he is really good but nowhere near the GOAT

"Denny McLain, Denny McLain, There's never been any like Denny McLain". Dennis Dale had two albums out on Capitol Records in the late 60s.

Me encanta esta versión que hace "Denny McLain" de " Girl From Ipanema " un genio total en el Hammond! Increíble músico al igual que Ray Manzarek únicos tanto como Jon Lord... saludos desde Argentina🇦🇷🇦🇷

Last 30 game winner but Lolich.was series MVP

I'm here because of ep 35 if Crime in Sports podcast 😊

I had to run a Google search to see if this was THAT "Denny McLain" or some other. Yep, it's him. I did not know he was an organ player.

@brucekuehn4031

2 жыл бұрын

Remarkable! Brewers fan here - I like Corbin Burnes, but can he play the organ?

I have his album at home.

Nice ❤️🎹🎹❤️

Superb performance!

One always remembers sports characters when they were 12 yrs old. Denny was the consummate roguish Irish looker. My 12 yr old crush along with Namath.

@richbrake9910

Жыл бұрын

Stay with McClain. Your name is also Irish.

In 1:04 you wil hear the springreverb from the speakers like a thunder, its normal if you put more volume than the reverb wil be overwelming... in these days is this feature awesome to have this on digital hammond organs like the xk3 I Had this feature... And yes I like the playing of Denny and have listen also the lp's on youtube... big fan👍 and new he was a great pitcher...

Off days Denny played the stadium organs- Charge, Mexican Hat Dance and if course, the Girl from Ipanema

This is the same arrangement he played on the record which appeared in the Organs In Orbit Ultralounge CD from the mid 90s. Unfortunately the bass player in this live show was playing in a different orbit from the rest of the band. Which made it sound like the arrangement was transcribed to a minor key.

@nbigroup-2690

2 жыл бұрын

played in the minors?.... or minor key

@mikelord9860

Жыл бұрын

Coulda been his next-door neighbor too, who knows?

@richbrake9910

Жыл бұрын

Its okay. I like minor keys.

Thanks from Brazil

Yep, not many swashbuckling, organ playing gamblers in the game today............ Sad part was that Denny was only 24 years old when he won 31............. One of the most wasted talents the game of baseball has ever known.

Reminds me of roller skate rink in the old days

Home run

@lonestarfriend

2 жыл бұрын

Let's go to a baseball game. Hear the organ. :)

I seem to recall MacLain performed another time on Ed Sullivan. But with Bob Gibson accompanying him on electronic guitar.

@mangrove

2 жыл бұрын

I found a snippet of that video, and it seems that it was the same show, as Denny has the same suit, and the background is the same. Lots of commenters pointing out that Bob’s guitar wasn’t plugged in, as well.

@rayray8687

2 жыл бұрын

@@mangrove: Also the Leslie cabinet seems to be invisible, lol. Anyway, this is easily the worst version of ‘Girl From Ipanema’ I’ve ever heard.

@karmices

2 жыл бұрын

@@mangrove you can clearly see the speaker cables running from the organ behind the vibraphone, so the Leslie was probably out of view. Also, this is a nice version of this beautiful song.

Went 30-6 in 1968 Winning both, the AL CY YOUNG and, the AL MVP

@kenlichtig8024

2 жыл бұрын

Went 31 & 6 in 1968

@dougsmith7083

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenlichtig8024 YES! 1 win in long releif! Cheers

@inezsitu7291

2 жыл бұрын

28 complete games thrown in 1968. The current Cy Young award winners had no complete games at all. Denny belongs in the Hall of Fame.

@dougsmith7083

2 жыл бұрын

@@inezsitu7291 I totally agree. 28 complete games is crazy! Unfortunately, Denny was considered a "bad boy" by the suits because he hung out with some "shady" characters... You'd like to think that the veterans committee would revisit his eligibility. But...if you subtract 1968 season stats from his career stats...he's pretty ordinary. Pretty ordinary gets you 3yrs x $17mill nowadays

@inezsitu7291

2 жыл бұрын

@@dougsmith7083 Catfish Hunter threw 30 complete games for the Yankees in 1975. Denny Mclain belongs in the Hall of Fame as does Mickey Lolich. Lifelong Tigers fan here!

Like as Juan Torres. The "Wave" in the hammond.

Brazilian popular music classic

At around 1:04, there sounds as if there was a burst from the organ a la Keith Emerson or Jon Lord...

Crazy.

Now playing in every elevator in high rise buildings in NYC

@poppacapps5573

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't 'the girl from impanima' playing in the elevator in the blues Brothers movie?

@susanbrogan3267

2 жыл бұрын

I guess I'm not the only one that felt this way.

@michaelcap9550

2 жыл бұрын

Not in '68 - rivals in the AL East.

@kazitude1

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelcap9550 😆

I guess this is what happens when the bassist doesn't show for rehearsal but still has to play.

Coming to a Holiday Inn lounge near you.

@OriginalRocketJock

2 жыл бұрын

Murph and the Magictones?

@mikelord9860

Жыл бұрын

Him and Nelson Briles too!

Are those baseball bats and balls hanging in the background???!!! LOL

@OttoByOgraffey

Жыл бұрын

They are!! That's awesome! Good eye! Hahahhahahaha!

Here he is dutifully playing a Hammond not knowing what fate awaited him. Gambling addiction, mob ties, embezzlement and prison time.

Just 9 months earlier Ed had Vanilla Fudge on the show, complete with trippy psychedelic greenscreen background - too bad they couldn't have something similar for Denny, I dunno, scenes of Rio's topless beaches or sump'n like that; but Ed would censored like the Smothers Brothers...

jesus, if he doesn't win 30 games that year, we never have to see this.....

Every time I see this guy...I miss Farmer Peet's.

Wow! Back when I would have fought him for that organ-Notice how there is no Leslie present!

The only Denny McClain I ever heard of played for Paul McCartney and Wings.

@sueblue3523

2 жыл бұрын

Denny Laine ...Wings

@Kacee2

2 жыл бұрын

@@sueblue3523 Thanks. Now I feel really stupid...lol. I'm just getting old I guess. I knew something didn't sound right about it.

@jkfan2005

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kacee2 Maybe you better Go Now

@Kacee2

2 жыл бұрын

@@jkfan2005 go where ? I can't remember every person's name on the planet so I need to go ? It's not like he was a household name. I remember him more for his time with the Moody Blues than anything else.

@Playbyplaymedia

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kacee2 I think that was just a kidding joke, since "Go Now" was the first Moody Blues song to hit big in 1965, with Denny Laine singing the lead.

Cocktails anyone?

better pitcher than musician

This is the Hammond X-77 he's playing. Hammond had just introduced it and the company used McClain for public appearances, recordings, etc. He was a lot better than anyone had a right to expect a ball player to be, but even so he would never give Eddie Layton or Jackie Davis serious competition.

@karmices

2 жыл бұрын

And Ediie Layton and Jaxkie Davis would never give Denny McLain any competition on the baseball mound.

@douglasrizzo9210

2 жыл бұрын

Good enough to make it to prime time TV. That works for me.

@QuadMochaMatti

Жыл бұрын

IMO, Jackie Davis is grossly underappreciated by many folks who would only recognize him from the track, "Mañana" during Kramer's and Newman's sausage-making scene(s) in Seinfeld, though I've acquired a number of his LPs over the years. The earlier ones that he cut when he was with Capitol Records were really good. Accompanying Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington ain't too shabby either...

Hammond :)

@scottbc31h22

2 жыл бұрын

X-77

If I'm not mistaken, that's the Hammond X-77

essa música não representa o meu país Brasil 🇧🇷

@johnpopo8440

2 жыл бұрын

Jobim was brilliant--Don't hate.

@verdaumcampeaum

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnpopo8440 essas pessoas da Bossa Nova é MPB eram todos comunistas, assim como são Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, espero que essa safra de comunistas acabe logo

It would have been really cool if he pounded out some Deep Purple or Santana as well.

@tdave1234

Жыл бұрын

Iron Butterfly

That's the oldest looking 24 year old EVER!

Crazy Irishman, but damn good keyboard player.

Hopefully, he kept his baseball gig because this had to be the most surreal cover of "Girl From Impanea" that I ever heard!

I'll just say that he was a lot better pitcher than he was an organ player! LOL!

This is arguably the greatest fake-jazz performance of all time

The Girl from Ipanema was also his junkie.

Kind a like Felix Cavalier

Bassist has no clue what key he's in ... just destroys the entire effort.

Don't quit your day job.

Wonder if he played the organ while in prison?

@davidsigalow7349

2 жыл бұрын

Probably played a lot of organs.

He apparently cheated a number of people and went to jail..

What the F*UCK is the bass player playing?!?

OMG - terrible bass player - another reason why I never uses bass players - always play my own bass line at the organ. However - Hammond X77 organ.

Denny's decent but he's no Walter Wanderley...

@ambulet

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct. But he is a showman, exploiting ok talents at the organ with his notoriety.

horrible bass line!!!

Such wasted talent!

Denny was da man...too bad he was such a addict .....he drank i think like a case of Pepsi a day....i am an addict myself.....